Most of these clips on here are not actual simulated pressures. A simulated pressure is when you actually blitz players to show a 5-man or 6-man pressure and defensive linemen will drop out into coverage. They're referred to as simulated pressure because you actually do blitz, but it will still end up as a 4-man rush with 7 in coverage. The one example on here that I recall that was an actual simulated pressure was the 4th & 13.
When linebackers/safeties either walk up to the line to show pressure and then drop out, like several of these clips, this is referred to either "mugging" or "bluffing". It's not actually a sim pressure because no one actually blitzes. They put pressure on the offensive line by showing blitz and making them have to account for 5-6-7 rushers. As you showed here, they can also drop out and run their base coverages. It's still really smart defense, especially in passing situations, but showing blitz and dropping out is not running a sim pressure.
"Mugging" and "Bluffing" are fairly common in College Football. Most DC's worth their salt will either give their guys the freedom to show blitzes to disguise their coverage, or, like what Michigan is doing, actually have calls where they align in a specific bluff alignment. Simulated pressures are in vogue right now but are less common because you have to have defensive linemen that are capable of dropping into coverage consistently and they are more complicated to execute than the standard 5-6 man pressure.
The overall narrative is dead on though. Michigan won because it did exactly what it wanted to do, which was put pressure on Michael Penix. It wasn't necessarily through literal QB pressure, but by consistently muddying his reads and constantly making him uncomfortable.
As a college coach, the effect of only offering on a visit is significantly overrated. You're a fool if you don't think the coaches aren't telling the kids they will be offered, they just have to visit to officially get it. There's communication there. It's just a tool to weed out the kids who are actually genuinely interested and who the ones who just want to be #blessed and be able to say they got another big offer. This whole thing is blown way out of proportion.
True, and there's no singualr evaluation because what you see in person has to match with what you see on film. I'm just saying that seeing a kid in person is extremely important. I've seen many kids that look good on film and then you find flaws once you workout the kid.
I guess my main point is that the in-person evaluation is probably the most valuable evaluation you can have as a coach. That's why I tend to give the benefit of the doubt to coaches who have seen the kid in person that they end up offering that may be lower ranked on recruiting services.
As a coach, there's nothing more useful and beneficial in the recruiting process than an in-person evaluation. I tend to put trust in the coaches on these kids since they saw most of them at the camps. The in-person evaluation is better than just watching film alone and it is without a doubt much more beneficial than recruiting site rankings.
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Most of these clips on here are not actual simulated pressures. A simulated pressure is when you actually blitz players to show a 5-man or 6-man pressure and defensive linemen will drop out into coverage. They're referred to as simulated pressure because you actually do blitz, but it will still end up as a 4-man rush with 7 in coverage. The one example on here that I recall that was an actual simulated pressure was the 4th & 13.
When linebackers/safeties either walk up to the line to show pressure and then drop out, like several of these clips, this is referred to either "mugging" or "bluffing". It's not actually a sim pressure because no one actually blitzes. They put pressure on the offensive line by showing blitz and making them have to account for 5-6-7 rushers. As you showed here, they can also drop out and run their base coverages. It's still really smart defense, especially in passing situations, but showing blitz and dropping out is not running a sim pressure.
"Mugging" and "Bluffing" are fairly common in College Football. Most DC's worth their salt will either give their guys the freedom to show blitzes to disguise their coverage, or, like what Michigan is doing, actually have calls where they align in a specific bluff alignment. Simulated pressures are in vogue right now but are less common because you have to have defensive linemen that are capable of dropping into coverage consistently and they are more complicated to execute than the standard 5-6 man pressure.
The overall narrative is dead on though. Michigan won because it did exactly what it wanted to do, which was put pressure on Michael Penix. It wasn't necessarily through literal QB pressure, but by consistently muddying his reads and constantly making him uncomfortable.
True, and there's no singualr evaluation because what you see in person has to match with what you see on film. I'm just saying that seeing a kid in person is extremely important. I've seen many kids that look good on film and then you find flaws once you workout the kid.
I guess my main point is that the in-person evaluation is probably the most valuable evaluation you can have as a coach. That's why I tend to give the benefit of the doubt to coaches who have seen the kid in person that they end up offering that may be lower ranked on recruiting services.
As a coach, there's nothing more useful and beneficial in the recruiting process than an in-person evaluation. I tend to put trust in the coaches on these kids since they saw most of them at the camps. The in-person evaluation is better than just watching film alone and it is without a doubt much more beneficial than recruiting site rankings.